Summary
Egg prices in the U.S. have reached a record high of $4.95 per dozen amid a severe bird flu outbreak that has led to the culling of millions of egg-laying chickens.
The shortage is compounded by rising feed, fuel, and labor costs, as well as increased demand and stricter cage-free regulations in several states.
Consumers face empty shelves, surcharges, and limited availability, with some areas pricing cartons at $10 or more.
Prices are expected to continue rising, especially with Easter demand.
Eggs are murder. Baby boy chicks are killed at less than an hour old because they are “useless”. Mother hens are killed at 3-4 years old when their egg production starts slowing down. They can live for 10-12 years. #LiveVegan
So is hamburger, and mouse traps, and bug spray.
I just wish they would anesthesize the chicks before throwing them in an industrial grinder. There are a lot of zoos and rescues than need bird protein for their animals, and don’t care if the meat tastes a little gamey.
all of which, I don’t use.
Who asked? They’re responding to a reply…
I don’t like the focus on the culling of male chicks, sure it’s terrible, but how we raise and exploit the hens is such a larger moral travesty that that should be the focus. We also shouldn’t hope for hens to live for a decade. Currently existing hens who can be rescued sure, but the modern egg laying hen should not exist the same way certain dog breeds shouldn’t exist, we have selected them for our pleasure rather than their own health and livelihood.
This comment shouldn’t be downvoted. It is discussing the truth of the egg industry.
The eggs we eat are unfertilized. How is that murder?
The problem is the hens being shoved into dirty dark cages with no space to move and the male chicks are thrown into shredders.
The hens that are killed need to be replaced. So when they hatch as males, they’re killed at less than an hour old